if we raise taxes wickets in the economy into a tailspin. lou: you know, the choice, as i said, in terms of consequences for the political or economic will be severe. i want to credit. i don't know if you read his piece entitled the gop, the party of slightly fewer tax hikes. this has to be a carefully managed, if you will be the mouthpiece of political choreography because republican party right now, the party of free enterprise and individual freedom, self-reliance, and lower taxes and smaller government is on the verge of giving up its claims on lower taxes, smaller government, and, perhaps, perhaps migrated dependency, less individual freedom and self-reliance. it gives not much for the party to cling to politically. lou: here is the thing. the facts are actually on our side. when bush cut the tax rates in 2003, do you know what happened? more revenue. the percentage of that revenue. >> adelle want to give the full answer to this. we saw the slowest job creation. it was only matched by the procession of 2008 and nine. this is such a comp